Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Economics of Knowledge Creation
- 2 The Innovation Survey
- 3 Patterns of Innovation: Intensity and Types
- 4 Sources of Innovations
- 5 Research and Development and Innovation
- 6 Effects of Innovation
- 7 Innovation and Research and Development in Small and Large Firms
- 8 Innovation Regimes and Type of Innovation
- 9 The Use of Intellectual Property Rights
- 10 Multinationals and the Canadian Innovation Process
- 11 Financing and the Cost of Innovation
- 12 The Diffusion of Innovation
- 13 Strategic Capabilities in Innovative Businesses
- 14 Determinants of Innovation
- 15 Summary
- Appendix The Innovation and Advanced Technology Survey
- References
- Index
15 - Summary
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Economics of Knowledge Creation
- 2 The Innovation Survey
- 3 Patterns of Innovation: Intensity and Types
- 4 Sources of Innovations
- 5 Research and Development and Innovation
- 6 Effects of Innovation
- 7 Innovation and Research and Development in Small and Large Firms
- 8 Innovation Regimes and Type of Innovation
- 9 The Use of Intellectual Property Rights
- 10 Multinationals and the Canadian Innovation Process
- 11 Financing and the Cost of Innovation
- 12 The Diffusion of Innovation
- 13 Strategic Capabilities in Innovative Businesses
- 14 Determinants of Innovation
- 15 Summary
- Appendix The Innovation and Advanced Technology Survey
- References
- Index
Summary
Innovation originates from the firms and the institutions that make up the economy's actors. Using a comprehensive survey of Canadian firms in the manufacturing sector, this book examines the variety of actors that contribute to the innovation process.
Studies of economic phenomena must necessarily reduce complex processes to their essence. At times, this simplification can obscure important facets of the process. Rosenberg (1976) has noted that studies of innovation have often focused on discontinuous events, rather than on the continuous improvement process that he felt was important. Innovation studies have also tended to focus heavily on the role of one type of knowledge, arising from scientific R&D laboratories, and have paid less attention to the importance of engineering and other forms of knowledge. Moreover, with this focus on R&D, the importance of bringing products to market, mustering the human resource requirements, and managing the process have been given less attention.
In this study, we have profiled a range of innovation types and the actors that participate in the innovation process. This has enabled us to place the R&D-centric knowledge creation process in context. We have shown that there are competing systems at work and that some act as complements, while others act as substitutes to R&D. We have also shown that the various parts of the innovation system fulfil different functions. And together they constitute the Canadian innovation system in the manufacturing sector.
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- Innovation and Knowledge Creation in an Open EconomyCanadian Industry and International Implications, pp. 427 - 454Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003
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